Make A Difference

I don't feel safe in this world.

I don't feel comfortable

and I don't think

that it's easy.

Too many times

the world is filled

with teasing

or mean words;

actions.

There are always

going to be cliques

in high school...

in the world.

There's always the popular crowd

and the not-so-popular crowd.

The successful

and the poor.

But its time for

the rude and arogant

to be silenced

because you never

know who will have

a gun on them

who is ready to

take someone's life,

an innocent person

standing by,

hit by a single bullet

because of rude,

inconsiderate people

out there

who must pick on others

to make themselves feel better.

And while this is all happening,

we, as human beings,

join in,

or worse,

stand by and do nothing...

 

It's time to silence

those people.

Stand up

and change the way

this world works.

Be the one person

who stands out

and states a message.

One that says

I was here.

It's time

to make a difference.

Author's Note

Everything is so sterotyped with the way the world works and people are so wrapped up in what others think that they must bring everyone down. I'm tired of all the hurtful words and teasing.

Reviews

[Michael X]

this poem really stands up and speaks powerful, and with a sense of understanding that i'm sure many people can relate to, which to me,
speaks a volume regarding the authors skill in expression, excellent job.

[Dutch Jr.]

Such powerful, completely true words you spoke here. I'm not a huge fan of the way you structured this poem, because it sort of came off as hesitation to me, which conflicted with the strong tone you took.

The content of this poem was nothing but true, though. You did a great job of wording the way our society operates. The world is like one big high school. Socio-economic differences have exsisted and will exsist until the end of time. Somebody has to be at the bottom...

[Norma M Sutton]

Very good observations and expression of them.